I made this drone as a research and as i simple weekend project so you can also try if you ll like it.
Diy solar powered drone.
It seems that other people have achieved at least long not perpetual flight times by using this model of recharging batteries with solar during the day.
It s awesome assuming your motives are.
The purpose of doing it is to enable the aircraft to stay in the air for months or years at a time providing services such as communications and remote sensing said prismatic managing director.
I hacked my old cheerson cs 10 quadc.
This one is intended to operate as a drone.
It s a brilliant idea.
So far it has been flown by remote control up to an.
The solar powered drone will be used for surveillance and to provide communications in remote areas much like facebook s aquila drone project.
Without a battery you could fly a drone as long as the sun keeps shining.
I also wish to eventua.
Solar powered r c drone.
The solar powered quadcopter drone can be controlled by remote control or programmed to fly autonomously using a gps system incorporated into the aircraft.
Put solar panels on a drone so it doesn t need a battery.
I m starting now a big drone project with two intelligent drones programmed by me and for this i need a much longer flight time than the casual dr.
The aircraft can potentially be used as a flying solar panel to provide emergency solar power to disaster areas as well as for photography small package delivery surveillance and.
Gathering tools and materials here i am going to give you links to each part and component used in this project.